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- Easier ERP Implementation?
- Instant gratification is still not part of implementing ERP, but neither are massive up-front organizational changes; large software, maintenance, and licensing costs; consulting services running at a multiple of the licensing fees; implementations stretching for nearly a year, if not multiple years; and a time-to-benefit that stretches patience and shortens...
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- One common failing of criminals is that, being so focused on instant gratification, they omit to think things through
- * One common failing of criminals is that, being so focused on instant gratification, they omit to think things through. The disappearance of Angel Ricardo Mendoza, a trucker hauling 3.6 million nickels--$180,000, but weighing 22.5 tons and packed into 900 fifty-pound bags--to the Federal Reserve in New Orleans is a...
- Research articles 2005-01-31
- Instant Gratification Key Factor in Rise of U.S. Consumer Debt, Say Analysts.
- By Kelly Pate Dwyer, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 7--Today's consumers spend more freely and take on more debt than earlier generations for one key reason, experts say: instant access to whatever they want. Credit cards...
- Research articles 2004-03-07
- Looking For a New Challenge
- It could be argued that society is moving backwards; that as adults, we're becoming more child-like—demanding instant and varied pleasures to make us happy instead of developing the maturity to delay gratification. But really, what's wrong with that? We have the technological innovations and resources to support our immediate desires...
- Articles 2007-11-09
- Building Your Influence
- "Lean and mean" is a popular catchphrase used when describing today's organizational structures. In an effort to become more efficient and drive down costs, many organizations have adopted a matrix or networked structure that relies on teams to implement managerial decisions and the resultant projects. Consequently, cooperation within and between...
- Articles 2007-10-09
- Warner's bag of goodies. (Time Warner Inc.)
- Merry Christmas. Warner's bonus plan that includes 20% free goods for retailers who hit goal on selected titles is a lot more than an instant-gratification item in your stocking. It's more like one of those Fargo snow globes, which you shake and watc Merry Christmas. Warner's...
- Research articles 1997-12-01
- Drug Fair installs Sony PictureStation kiosk.(NEWS DIGEST)(Brief Article)
- Park Ridge, NJ -- Offering instant gratification to its expanding base of digital photofinishing customers, Community Distributors Inc. has launched a deployment of Sony PictureStation digital photofinishing kiosks in each of its 52 Drug Fair and Cos Park Ridge, NJ -- Offering instant gratification to its...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Markets Are 'Free Fallin'
- Macro Man submits: Another day, another disappointing lack of collapse in European equity markets. While Macro Man is trying not to tick watch and remains firmly committed to the bear trade on a medium term basis, he has to concede that the lack of instant gratification has been frustrating...
- External links 2008-09-11
- Business Ethics Integral to Corporate Strategy, says Stanford's Malhotra
- Professor Neil Malhotra of the Stanford GSB focuses on business ethics and non-market strategy. Last week, we discussed the increased emphasis on ethics training within Stanford's curriculum. Today, we'll talk about what kind of approaches will be most effective in driving home the importance of ethics...
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Squeeze Play
- American consumers have no recollection of life in the Great Depression. Not only are most simply too young to remember it, but for the last quarter century they've lived without extended economic hardship, becoming ever more acquisitive in a world of instant gratification and easy credit. No one knows how...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Capitol punishment: keeping track of legislators' votes
- THERE'S an old saying "give a man a fish and he will have food for a day, teach him how to fish and he will have food for a lifetime." Unfortunately the man who is starving is looking for instant gratification, he is not interested in a lesson, he wants...
- Research articles 2003-06-09
- Editorials.(News)(Editorial)
- Satisfying proof that teamwork pays For more than a few years now, the National Basketball Association has been the poster child for instant gratification and the unseemly rise of petulant individuals in a team game. Unproven 18-year-olds had been made instant millionaires,...
- Research articles 2005-07-03
- Coping with Information Overload
- You know it all too well: The amount of information available to us wherever we go is increasing rapidly and perpetually. As a result, we're all expected to absorb and respond to more information than ever before. The reasons are very familiar:New technology making information available at all times everywhere;Expectations...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- 'Too Much Information' Costs $650 Billion Annually
- Research firm, Basex has declared 2008 the "Year of Information Overload," and to add a cherry to the top of that sundae, they say $650 billion in productivity was lost in 2006 due to email, SMS messages, and IMs. One could guess it was even higher in 2007 (no thanks...
- Blog posts 2007-12-30
- Partnering With Your Suppliers In The Retail Environment
- Partnering is not instant gratification, rather it's a long-term business paradigm or strategy. As American companies, both large and small, shrink the number of suppliers, they are putting more energy into the remaining relationships, and are even willing to pay a premium on the theory that getting things right initially...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Perils and Pitfalls of Pay-per-click Advertising
- In this age of speed dialing, T1 lines and other forms of high-tech instant gratification, many webmasters find themselves tempted to engage in pay-per-click advertising. After all, if one has designed a state-of-the-art website, there's nothing quite as gratifying as a steady stream of traffic right from the start. Webmasters...
- White papers
- Is Winning More Important than Money?
- Is Winning More Important than Money?RE: Is Winning More Important than Money?It depends on where you are in your career (and the type of sales you're in).If you're just starting out, selling a low dollar/high volume product with a short sales cycle winning a small "contest" can be a great...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Why Selling Digital Products Online Can Make Your Rich
- When thinking about starting an online business, the first thing you need to consider is what type of products you will offer through your online store. Your options are many because online you can offer just about anything you want: physical products, informational products, digital products, wholesale retail products, and...
- White papers 2008-02-04
- The Next Generation: How They Differ from Boomers, X and Y
- We naturally tend to categorize generations into stereotypes. Boomers, as you know, are terrible stewards of the planet, profligate consumers, and self-absored. Gen Xers (1963-1981) seek work-life balance, are more conservative spenders than their parents, and pride themselves on self-sufficiency. Gen Y (1980-1984) was born with a mouse in its...
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- The Power of a Nudge
- How do you stop a profligate person from over-spending? You could cut their expenses allowance or withdraw signing power. Or you could try something a little more benign -- say, drawing a frown on their cheques, perhaps. I've picked a facile example, but this is the idea...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
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